Indictment of Adline Webster

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January 1, 1982 - January 1, 1982

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  • Case Files, Bozeman & Wilder Working Files. Indictment of Adline Webster, 1982. ad9715bc-ed92-ee11-be37-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/964e8781-8a6d-4ada-8385-ff860d226f0c/indictment-of-adline-webster. Accessed May 21, 2025.

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The Grand Jury of said County charge that before the tinding of this Indictment

aatine Webster

whose name is otherwise unknown to the Grand Jury, did knowingly cast or cause to be

cast an illegal or fraudulent vote at the Democratic Primary run

off, September 28, 1982, in that she cast or caused to be cast
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an absentee ballot purportedly to be that of James Lee, Jr.

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knowing that said ballot was not the ballot o+ James Lee, Jr.,
in violation of L7-23-1 of the Code of Alabama,

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Connt TT: Ill'eoal Votincr
The Grand Jury of said County charge -that before the finding of

this Indictment AdIine Webster whose name is otherwise unknown

to the Grand Jury, did at the Democratic Primary run off,
Septembei 28, L982, knowingly cast or cause to be cast an illegal
or fraudulent vote to wit: the absentee ballot of James Lee, Jr.
a qualified elector, knowing that said ballot was not the true
of the said James Lee, Jr. with intent td commit said illega1

of fraudulent voting-vi-olation in violation of L7-23-1 of the

Code of Alabama,

aSainst the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.

Code 1940., Tit. 15, Sec. 259

- NATHAN G. WATKINS,

District Attorney for the l Tth Judicial circuit.

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